While NATO reports on the success of its bombing missions over Libya, some countries taking part in the campaign, don’t share that enthusiasm. Many in Spain say they’ve simply been dragged into war, under pressure from Washington. [youtube]n9OcQtB-V-8[/youtube]
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Michael Hudson is a highly-regarded economist. Hudson says: * The European debt crisis is really financial warfare by the banks * Indeed, the banks are in warfare against the rest of society Read the rest here
They have been trying to rescue Detroit for years, and for years Detroit has continued to be sucked back into the ground from which it was born. Just as in China you can hear the roar and thunder of growth and ambition and the shouts of greed and triumph, in […]
Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income – an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret. Read […]
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet will attend the meeting along with Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the region’s finance ministers, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Olli Rehn, the economic and monetary affairs commissioner, three official sources told Reuters. Van Rompuy’s spokesman Dirk De Backer said: “It’s a coordination, […]
A three part BBC documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Trap and The Power of Nightmares. It is an astounding series of films about how humans have been colonised by ( amongst other things ) the machines they have built. [youtube]Uz2j3BhL47c[/youtube] [youtube]Yq0xVuRG4ng[/youtube] [youtube]lXJYkkxh0rk[/youtube]
Police use tear gas on demonstrators in Malaysia as opposition leader is among those injured. [youtube]VTHnjIv36Eg[/youtube]
It’s because Greece, although poor for a European country, is tied into those networks. Read the rest here
A cargo plane has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least nine crew members and causing a major fire on a mountain top. The aircraft hit a mountain peak some 50 km north of the Afghan capital of Kabul late Tuesday. Read the rest here